VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

SOS Children’s Villages International is the umbrella organization to which all SOS Children’s Villages including SOS Children’s Villages Somalia Association is affiliated. SOS Children’s Villages Somalia has officially been working in Somalia since 1985. SOS is currently working in 134 countries worldwide. We are committed to the welfare of children – often throughout the whole of their childhood, and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and

social neglect. We also run education and health facilities. With the SOS Children’s Village concept, the organization pioneered a family approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. SOS Children’s Villages upholds child protection policy and our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children and youth from abuse. SOS Children’s Villages Somalia current works in three regions; Banadir Regions (Heliwa, Wadajir, Dharkenley and Dayninle districts) southwest-state (Baidoa, BurHakaba, Berdale,Qasaxdhere and Hudur) Hirshabelle State (Jowhar,Adale & Balcad)

SOS Children’s Villages invite applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below position.

Position title     :         Anesthesia Nurse

Reporting to      :        OT Nurse-in-Charge

Location           :         Mogadishu, Heliwa

Job summary:

This position having understood equipment and materials needed for a given procedure. Is responsible for stocking operating rooms with appropriate material such as any necessary medications, including injectable anesthetics and disposable single-use syringes. Disposable items must be inspected to ensure that their packaging is intact and the contents are sterile. Also responsible for ordering supplies, and managing budgets and inventory. In addition, monitoring the content of gas cylinders, replacing them as necessary, and ensuring their safe storage.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures the operating table is set and ready for the operation.
• Ensures that it’s in good working condition.
• Ensures that it’s fully charged and the charging cable is disconnected
• Check the anesthetic machine as per the machine checklist before every operation
• Ensures the anesthetic machine is working
• Ensures that there is good supply of piped gases.
• Ensure that the pin index cylinders are mounted on the machine and have gases in them
• Assist in wheeling the patient to and from theatres.
• Perform intubation of the patient, maintenance and reversal of anesthesia
• Ensure that the anesthetic cart has sufficient drugs require for anesthetizing the patient
• Ensures that the consumables required for intubations are in theatres and ready
• Ensures he has a working suction unit ready.
• Ensure that all drugs and consumables used by the anesthetist are recorded on the technician charge sheet.
• Assist the other team members in cleaning theatres, surgical instruments and sluice room.
• Ensures the operation table is clean and ready for the next operation
• Ensures the anesthetic drug and consumable used are replaced are replaced in the anesthetic cart.

Job competencies: 

• Bachelor Degree in Anesthesia
• Somlia National Health Professionals Council (NHPC) license
• At least 5 years’ experiences
• This position is open to Somali National only
• Knowledge of sterile technique
• Knowledge of anesthesia sets and equipment
• Knowledge of anesthesia equipment, invasive lines and respiratory equipment 
• Ability to participate in restocking supplies and maintaining par levels
• Process thinker with excellent analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication
• Highly presentable, hardworking and committed
• Maintaining strict confidentiality
• Pleasant attitude and friendliness
• Self-driven and result oriented, able to meet targets

Child Safeguarding Policy:

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other

places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence,recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understands his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe

Application Procedure:

Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to: this Link

Closing date is. 25^th January 2025

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.